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About Aspect Ratios Hot Folder Print User Guide
6. When you have arranged the images in the desired print order, press the Print button to print your images.
7. Press the Back button to return to the dashboard and monitor your printers. The printer that is engaged turns dark
green in the printer list.
Figure 11. Printing status
About Aspect Ratios
Figure 12. Aspect Ratios of 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, and 4x4 on the Same Image
The aspect ratio is the ratio of the width to the height of an image. The aspect ratio of your images depends on the source
of those images. Different imaging devices (cameras, scanners, printers, software) use different aspect ratios. For
example, the aspect ratio of 35mm film cameras is 1:1.5.
Depending on how the original aspect ratio compares to the targeted print aspect ratio, when you convert a picture from
one aspect ratio to another, you must crop either the height or the width of the photo.
Images are cropped because, in many cases, the aspect ratio must be changed to fit a standard print size, meaning the
proportion of height to width must be changed. Forcing an image with one aspect ratio to fit in a print size of another aspect
ratio results in the image becoming distorted, making the image look stretched or compressed. Cropping an image is
almost always more desirable than distorting an image.